This year’s event is particularly notable because not only is it happening on National Coming Out Day, but the event has been moved to the streets of Downtown Oceanside, a departure from its longtime location in a beachfront parking lot.

With the Palm Springs Pride celebration just over a month away, Greater Palm Springs Pride has announced the recipients of its 2014 Pride Honors Awards, which includes honorees and the parade grand marshals.

The passage of four decades demonstrates how far the LGBT community has come, in big and small ways, council President Todd Gloria says, noting "small things like the raising of a pride flag in the Gaslamp Quarter."